North Dakota governor changes tack and issues mask mandate

November 18, 2020

FILE - In this April 10, 2020, file photo, North Dakota Gov. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)FILE - In this April 10, 2020, file photo, North Dakota Gov. Rachel Heintz, who works as an emergency room nurse at a Bismarck hospital, said Saturday that she was relieved a mask order was issued. Playoff championship contests and performance events sponsored by the North Dakota High School Activities Association during the month of November may continue under the order. There were 2,373 new cases per 100,000 people in North Dakota over the past two weeks, which was the highest rate in the country, Johns Hopkins University researchers said.